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Friday, April 6, 2012

Titanic(1997) Re-released in 3D


Fox Star Studio - James Cameron's Titanic 3Dto be released on  April 05, 2012.The 3D re-release sets sail at 2,674 venues (the exact same number of theaters the movie originally opened at in December 1997). 
The film is being released in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu also in India



Re-release of the film is in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic and a special tribute to the tragedy that claimed several lives

 

 

 

 

 










James Cameron and Kate Winslet at the premiere of the Titanic 3D film in London                                                 













Kate Winslet's Erotic Scene Passed by Indian Censor board

The movie, which narrates the love story between socialite Rose Bukater and commoner Jack Dawson on board the Titanic, has been passed without any cuts and has received a clear U/A censor rating by the censors in India.Two scenes from the movie were cut when it was released in 1997

 

 

Titanic Storyline

In 1912, 17-year-old first class passenger Rose(Kate Winslet) boards the ship in Southampton(largest in Hamshire County,England) with her fiancé Cal(Billy Zane), the son of a Pittsburgh steel tycoon, and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater(Frances Fisher). Ruth stresses the importance of Rose's engagement, as the marriage will solve the DeWitt Bukaters' secret financial problems. Distraught by her engagement, Rose considers suicide by jumping off the ship's stern. A drifter and artist named Jack Dawson(Leonardo Di Capario) stops her. Discovered with Jack on the stern, Rose tells Cal that she was looking over the ship's edge in curiosity and that Jack saved her from falling. At Rose's insistence, Cal invites Jack to dinner the following night to show his appreciation. Jack and Rose develop a tentative friendship, though Cal and Ruth are wary of the young third-class man. Following the first-class dinner that night, Rose secretly joins Jack at a party in the ship's third-class quarter.
Forbidden to see Jack by Cal and Ruth, Rose attempts to rebuff Jack's continuing advances. She soon realizes, though, that she prefers him over Cal, and meets him at the bow of the ship during what turns out to be the Titanic's final moments of daylight. They go to Rose's stateroom and she asks Jack to sketch her nude wearing the Heart of the Ocean, Cal's engagement present. Afterward, the two evade Cal's bodyguard, and make love in the ship's cargo hold. Going afterwards to the ship's forward well deck, they witness the ship's collision with an iceberg and overhear the ship's officers and designer outline its seriousness. Rose tells Jack that they should warn her mother and Cal.
Cal discovers Jack's drawing and a mocking note from Rose in his safe along with the necklace. Furious, he has his bodyguard slip the necklace into Jack's coat pocket. Accused of stealing it, Jack is arrested, taken down to the Master-at-arm's office and handcuffed to a pipe. Cal puts the necklace in his coat. Rose runs away from Cal and her mother (who has boarded a lifeboat) and releases Jack. The ship then starts to launch fireworks in order to attract any nearby ships.
Once Jack and Rose reach the deck, Cal and Jack persuade her to board another lifeboat, Cal claiming that he has arranged for himself and Jack to get off safely. After she boards, Cal tells Jack that the arrangement is only for himself. As Rose's boat lowers, she realizes that she cannot leave Jack, and jumps back on board the Titanic to reunite with him. Infuriated, Cal takes a pistol and chases them into the flooding first-class dining saloon. After exhausting his ammunition, Cal realizes to his chagrin that he gave his coat with the diamond to Rose. With the situation now dire, he returns to the boat deck and boards a lifeboat by pretending to look after a lost child.
Jack and Rose return to the top deck. All lifeboats have departed and passengers are falling to their deaths as the stern rises out of the water. The ship breaks in half, and the stern side rises 90-degrees into the air. As it sinks, Jack and Rose ride the stern into the ocean. Jack helps Rose onto a wall panel only able to support one person’s weight. Holding the panel's edge, he assures her she will die an old woman, warm in her bed. Meanwhile, Fifth Officer Harold Lowe has commandeered a lifeboat to search for survivors. He saves Rose, but is unable to reach Jack before he dies  from hypothermia(temperature drops below the required temperature for normal  body functions which is defined as 35.0 °C /95.0 °F)
Rose and the other survivors are taken by the RMS Carpathia to New York, where Rose gives her name as Rose Dawson. She hides from Cal on Carpathia's deck as he searches for her. She learns later that he committed suicide after losing his fortune in theWall Street Crash of 1929.
Her story complete, Rose goes alone to the stern of Lovett's ship. There she takes out the Heart of the Ocean, which has been in her possession all along, and drops it into the ocean. While seemingly asleep in her bed, the photos on her dresser are a visual chronicle that she lived a free life inspired by Jack. The young Rose is then seen reuniting with Jack at the Grand Staircase of the RMS Titanic, cheered and congratulated by those who perished on the ship

Written and Directed by -James Cameron

Produced by -James Cameron and Jon Landau

Music - James Horner

Cinematography - Russell Carpenter


                                                         

 

 

The film was partially funded by Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox,and, at the time, was the most expensive film ever made with an estimated budget of $200 million.

Upon its release on December 19, 1997,the film achieved critical and commercial success.With a worldwide gross of over $1.8 billion, it was the first film to reach the billion dollar mark, remaining the highest grossing film of all time for 12 years,until Cameron's next directorial effort,Avatar(2009), surpassed its gross (but not ticket sales) in 2010

 Avatar was Nominated for 9 Oscars and Won 3 Oscars for - Art Direction;Cinematography and Visual Effects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Awards Won by Titanic(1997)

Titanic win 4 Golden Globe Awards - Best Motion Picture (Drama), Best Director, Best Original Score, and Best Song
Titanic equalled the record of 14 Oscar Nominations set by the 1950 film '' All About Eve'' by Joseph L Mankiewicz and won 11 Oscars for
1)Best Picture
2)Best Director
3)Best Cinematography
4)Best Costume Design
5)Best Visual Effects
6)Best Sound
7)Best Sound Effects Editing
8)Best Original Dramatic Score
9)Best Film Editing
10)Best Original Song and
11)Best Art Direction

Titanic was the2nd film to win11 Oscars Awards, after Ben-Hur(1959)(which was Nominated for 12 Oscars and won 11 Oscars)

















The Lord of the Rings:The Return of the King(2003) would also match this record in 2004, with its 11 wins from 11 nominations

Direction - Peter Jackson
Music - Howard  Shore
Cinematography - Andrew Lesnie
Editing - Jamie Selkirk
Cast - Ellijah Wood















Titanic won 3 Grammy Awards for -
1)Record of the Year
2)Song of the Year and
3)Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or TV

Titanic won the Best Foreign Film of the Year from Awards of the Japanese Academy



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